Moon Carrot

Description

Seseli gummiferum, the moon carrot, is a species of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Apiaceae. Seseli gummiferum can reach a height of about 1.4 metres (4 ft 7 in). It has a thick, branching stem with a basal rosette of greyish—green leaves and five-inch umbels of white flowers, sometimes with a pink tinge. This plant flowers from July to September. Seseli gummiferum is present in the Eastern Europe, in Aegean and the Crimea. t It grows in rocky mountainous areas, on limestone cliffs at an elevation up to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft).